Pretty Simple: web, digital, social

Edinburgh timelapse video

I knocked up a quick timelapse today and thought I’d share it with the world. Hoping to do some longer ones soon but today’s attempt was cut short by rain! … Continue reading

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of accidential spam

I recently started getting e-mails from a number of dating sites. At first I assumed they were random spam, but I quickly realised that someone must have registered on those sites using my email address by accident.

What was interesting was how the different sites responded to my attempts to stop the e-mails. Continue reading

5 things to leave out of a social media proposal

In my organisation, staff are normally asked to write a short proposal before they can set up an official social media account. This works quite well – it means they … Continue reading

Portfolio: Rosie’s Playtime

Here, the client needed a clean, bright website to promote their new app, aimed at helping young children to brush their teeth properly. Due to the target audience, the site … Continue reading

Social media guidelines for social workers

Yesterday morning I popped along to a meeting of the Edinburgh Local Practitioner Forum to hear about the latest guidance for social work staff using social media. The gathering of … Continue reading

Getting social media right (or, how NOT to do Facebook)

How far we’ve come. Not that long ago, many of us felt like we faced an insurmountable brick wall. Social media remained a black art in so many organisations – … Continue reading

Having accessibility issues with social media? Get in touch!

As a follow up to my post from way back in 2009 on Accessibility and social media, I’m now researching an article on the current state of social media accessibility, … Continue reading

Tartan TweetMeet announced – 22 Feb 2012

Plans have been announced for a national gathering of public sector folk involved with using social media in their organisations. The Tartan TweetMeet will take place on Wednesday 22 February … Continue reading

Terms

Here’s some legal stuff, for your sake as well as mine… Copyright Unless otherwise stated, all content on this site (including text, images and graphics as well as the overall … Continue reading

Grants aim to help Scottish Councils open up their data

Up to £25,000 is being offering to support four projects which will see local authorities in Scotland open up more of their data and collaborate with developers to build useful, … Continue reading